Here is what I wrote 2 months ago as I looked forward to summer vacation...."This summer I know that I wanna do a book club with the kids...8 books in 8 weeks! This summer I want to teach the kids to cook something new each week, think easy pasta, salad, and grilled cheese! I want to teach them every state in the USA and some spelling. Over our 8 weeks off I want to go to the pool at least weekly. I want to have picnics. A whole lot of them. I am hoping for a week of Vacation Bible School, and Soccer camp for the kids. "
Ok, at this point in the blog it is important to admit "I am a mother who is not perfect." SHOCKER, right? I love reading my, oh so optimistic blog on summer goals, but it's time to face the music and confess to my true summer progress. First off reading, while the kids have been independently reading like crazy, we have only finished 1 of the 8 books we wanted to read to them! I have 4 weeks left and 7 books, time for a new goal...finish 2 more books (I hope)!
Teaching them to cook! We have actively been in the kitchen during break, but sadly the only things my kids have learned to cook are desserts! They have baked cookies, made brownies, and whipped up their very own homemade peanut butter cups. We have not learned main dishes so over the next couple weeks I would love to still teach them one or two. I am thinking that we will learn grilled cheese this week.
The pool! Pools and German weather don't go hand and hand, so this can be a challenge! We have gone twice this summer on the days I viewed as warm enough, but we should really go again and soon! The kids love the pools, and it is such a simple day out! However, I will make no more promises in this category!
Yay for me because we have had multiple picnics. We had a great picnic during Lichter Fest with fresh lemonade, sausages, focaccia, and cheese. We have a ton of walking picnics as we explore the smaller cities, and one or two at home! I would love to plan a Sunday one in our favorite park or at the zoo, but we shall see what summer allows.
Our family has had success with soccer camp and with Vacation Bible School. These were two great weeks that out children loved! Two great weeks were they survived heat (33 Degrees), met new friends, and tried new things (Jell-O, and Curry)!
We have also had many other adventures over the last 5 weeks. We have visited Swabisch Hall, Wurzburg, and Pforzheim. We have been to a festival, attended a concert, played with friends in the park, cut flowers, had friends over, and gone to the library. We have had lazy days curled up watching movies and playing games, and we have had crazy days filled with beer garden fun!
Over the next couple weeks we will vacation with friends in the alb. We will celebrate Ethan's 10th birthday. We will have friends over. We will go back to school shopping and we will prepare the kids for summers end.
I think that at the end of summer the most important thing to remember, the best thing about summer is really the most simplistic....It's the flexibility of summer! So what I'm not perfect, I don't have to be it's summer, I can fly by the seat of my pants. I can follow the kids lead! I can enjoy living in the moment, living simple! My favorite thing about summer is the to do list I just don't have to do ;)
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